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How The Lord Used Us in October 2018 10/29/2018 8:54:00 PM by: Don

How The Lord Used Us in October, 2018

Hello Ministry Partners:

October was an unusual and interesting month of ministry. Although we completed 4 MAD Live Events, we had one event postponed (no replacement date yet), another canceled as 1 person showed up beside the Pastor, and another only 3 people attended. One event had over 120 people participate, but overall, the numbers of attendees were down significantly. Obviously I have no control over how many people attend, but it’s amazing that most church people aren’t interested in learning how to share their faith and make disciples, as Christ commanded us to do. Some great news though! We praise God for one person who gave his life to Christ at one of our events! I was also blessed to preach twice at our old church in Long Valley NJ in October.

Some testimonies to encourage you:

“Since going through your training three times and studying Ray Comfort's way of the master I have shared Jesus with over 200 people in the last year. last Saturday night when we were out with our youth group I handed out around 20tracts and had conversations with 6 individuals. I reference you and your teaching often and pray for you regularly. keep up the excellent work, and may God richly bless you.”

“I met you at Applebees Hackettstown (your server) I wanted to tell you how much I appreciated you guys praying for me and just your openness about religion out with your friends and praying at dinner time. Not enough people do that these days and it was a good site to see. (I invited him to hear me speak on Sunday) Unfortunately sleep beat me on Sunday. I had 2 very rough nights at the store (getting home around 2 am) and my class schedule is (8am-430-530pm) Monday-Friday then I work 4 or 5pm-1am (sometimes 2 am) Friday and Saturday so by Sunday I'm pretty beat up and sleep deprived..so I couldn’t come. I’ll hopefully catch you next time you're in New Jersey just wanted to let you know you had an impact. God bless you, Justin”

From a Pastor: “I keep hearing such good things from our people from MAD last Sunday. Wednesday night during our Bible reading sharing time we had two different people share how they had witnessed to their in-laws already this week, and another who was traveling out of town asked us to pray for them to share with their relative. I heard they did. One of our most venerable deacons said in deacons meeting it was the best evangelism presentation he’d ever seen. Thanks brother! God used you! Praying for continued fruit — and Lord willing we will see you again!”

VIDEO BLOG IS HERE!

Several people have suggested I start a video BLOG to share the opportunities that God gives me to share my faith as I travel. I have recorded a dozen or so of these so far. They are posted on YouTube. A little disclaimer….they are not very professional yet as I am just learning how to do the editing in iMovie, but they should improve over time. A friend recommended I call the BLOG, “A Ray of Sunshine”. Sounds like a catchy title! Check out “Don Sunshine Ministries VBlog” on YouTube and click on “Follow”.

As you can see from the schedule, we have no MAD Live Events for a period of 8 weeks after the November 17thevent. That means no love offerings to fill the gap between our regular monthly support (65%) and what we need to meet budget. Your prayerful financial generosity would be a huge blessing to us during this slow time of year.

2019 ULTIMATE ADVENTURE TRIP TO UTAH

We are now taking deposits for our 2019 Adventure Trip to Utah. The adventure will run from June 28th to July 7th. No experience is necessary and it will be the trip of a lifetime if you can come with us. We’ll be riding side-by-side Polaris RZRs to an old gold mine, a gorgeous waterfall, and other places. At night we may ride up to over 12,000 feet above sea level where we’ll find snow….snowball fights often occur there. We then do whitewater rafting in class 3 rapids, so there’s no danger in dying, but it is a lot of fun. Then it’s on to Zion National Park to hike in the “Narrows”, the largest slot canyon in the world. The hike is in the river with cliffs 1800 feet high on each side. We then go canyoneering. Bryce Canyon is the next stop with a mule ride into the canyon and back. That night we go to a rodeo and watch the 4th of July fireworks afterward. We then head to Moab where we rent Jeeps and ride some of the best rock trails in the world. Moab is known as the “Rock Climbing Capital of the World”. There is a flyer and video on our website.

We need a $500 deposit per person ASAP so lodging arrangements can be made. The balance of the trip ($1,295) is due 45 days before the trip. Anyone in high school or older may come, and middle school students may come if accompanied by a parent. Couples and singles are also welcome! Please contact me if you’re interested or have questions.

If you’re not already a member of the Pocket Testament League, you may join for free. (www.ptl.org ) Just use my referral ID # 124064. Shipping is also free. For $20, you’ll get 30 Gospels to share. You can select a mix of covers for the 30 Gospels you order. Join and order today!

RV FINANCIAL REQUEST

We thank those who have sent in funds to help pay off this debt. What a blessing you are! We have paid down about $13,000 so far, leaving us with a balance of about $27,000! We would appreciate it if you would pray about helping us eliminate this debt. We have 60 payments to make and we would like to pay it off ASAP. If you feel led to help us with this request, you may send us a check. Maybe God will have you make one month’s payment for us, part of a payment, or pay it off! Whatever He leads you to do, we’d be blessed and appreciate your help. Just put “For RV” in the memo portion of your check. Remember, all donations are tax deductible. Thank you!

PRAYER REQUESTS

SCHEDULE – this request is on my monthly report every month. Hopefully, you understand that filling the calendar is a constant struggle. We are now working to fill our 2019 calendar. It’s discouraging to make so many calls and not receive almost any callbacks from the pastors. PLEASE pray about this.
Please continue to pray for the Lord to bring us someone to teach our training in Spanish.
For the funds to come in so we can make the payments OR pay off the new ministry coach.
For the Holy Spirit to touch every heart as we teach
For wisdom as our Board of Directors meets next month